Recommend Me a Jump Starter

[glennjamin]

Happy New Year To All........

Morning.....Got a Fiat Ducati camper van 2.3 diesel, Planing a roadtrip through Europe this spring / Summer, want to make sure I'm not caught out with flat battery. What do you think is the best option ??

Thanks in advance for replies..

[normalbloke]

Noco. As big as you can afford.

[Lester H]

normalbloke said:

Noco. As big as you can afford.

That’s the one. One of them does up to 6 litre diesels.

[ferret50]

I would suggest replacing your battery with a nice new one, then keep it on a CETEC trickle charger to preserve it.

[valiant]

Yep, NOCO all the way.

We had one for our motorhome and gets solid reviews.

As said, as big as you can afford.

[Alickadoo]

https://tinyurl.com/38rjstnr

Gooloo I bought the GP2000. £33, I think. Then I bought another one for the other car. You can use them as a power pack as well.

Only had to use it once.

[MDT]

Alickadoo said:

https://tinyurl.com/38rjstnr

Gooloo I bought the GP2000. £33, I think. Then I bought another one for the other car. You can use them as a power pack as well.

Only had to use it once.

I got the GP3000 and was very impressed with it, Project Farm tested these and it was on the back of this review I got it.

just now the GP3000 is £29 off the old Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/GOOLOO-Portable-Lithium-S...

[phumy]

Ive got NOCO 75 and its brilliant, gets the cars fired up every time of asking.

[Its Just Adz]

I used a Noco at work and it's got great power, will start some big stuff. I've started a Scania hgv with one.
But the don't seem to last with heavy use. The charging port has just come loose in mine, so now won't charge from a usb.
On my 3rd I think.
If just using at home, rarely, then I'm sure they will last a lot longer.

[Alex_225]

I have two of these : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C4GP2ZQH?ref=ppx_yo2...

I was a bit sceptical of a battery powered jump starter as I'd had a Ring Automotive plug in booster/charger and that used to take a few minutes to get a totally flat car to jump start. This pack arrived and not only was it way smaller than I expected, it has cranked both my old Saab 1.9ttid and my other half's Merc ML (3.0 diesel) immediately. Technology moves on faster than I do! haha

I'm in the minority here though.

[vikingaero]

NOCO for a good expensive one. But I have value alternatives in each car - AstroAI's for around £30 from Amazon work perfectly.

[TrevorHill]

TOPDON JS3000 or any of the smaller versions. Great piece of kit.

[Krikkit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXXuWL3l5qo

Per the annoying but thorough Project Farm:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CRRKRJ2S/?coliid=I3Q...

[Sheepshanks]

Do they work on a very flat battery? I got a hefty size one for Costco that I mainly use for its tyre inflator - it started a neighbours car once, but wouldn't do it a few days later (I had recharged the booster).

I read they need to see some life in the target battery otherwise the polarity detect doesn't work.

[J4CKO]

Just got a Noco one, was like £160, not used it yet but good to see they are recommended, handy thing to have around.

[Huzzah]

Sheepshanks said:

Do they work on a very flat battery? I got a hefty size one for Costco that I mainly use for its tyre inflator - it started a neighbours car once, but wouldn't do it a few days later (I had recharged the booster).

I read they need to see some life in the target battery otherwise the polarity detect doesn't work.

Yes they do, mine has a over-ride button for such occasions.

[Familymad]

Noco for the win

[vikingaero]

Sheepshanks said:

Do they work on a very flat battery? I got a hefty size one for Costco that I mainly use for its tyre inflator - it started a neighbours car once, but wouldn't do it a few days later (I had recharged the booster).

I read they need to see some life in the target battery otherwise the polarity detect doesn't work.

I find that with these boost packs when a jump start fails, the short cables mean that sometimes you don't get a good grip on terminals, so it's better to jiggle it a little or even better, get someone to hold the boost pack whilst starting.

[Familymad]

Noco for the win

[normalbloke]

vikingaero said:

Sheepshanks said:

Do they work on a very flat battery? I got a hefty size one for Costco that I mainly use for its tyre inflator - it started a neighbours car once, but wouldn't do it a few days later (I had recharged the booster).

I read they need to see some life in the target battery otherwise the polarity detect doesn't work.

I find that with these boost packs when a jump start fails, the short cables mean that sometimes you don't get a good grip on terminals, so it's better to jiggle it a little or even better, get someone to hold the boost pack whilst starting.

The better ones tend to have enough ‘lead’ to reach the battery positive and the nearest (non battery) decent earth point too.